Thursday, May 31st, 2007
Hot Pants
I saw this lady at Disney’s Animal Kingdom wearing cordoroy pants! (Temp: 90+ degrees)
I’ve never been a boy scout but isn’t that a fire hazard???
Lord forgive me…
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Archive for May, 2007
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
Chicago style pizza and balloon animals.
An added bonus of this week in Kissimmee, FL. is that we are staying less than a mile from a Giordano’s pizza joint. They serve amazing Chicago style pizza (about 3 inches thick!). I am usually too impatient to wait a long time for food, but we make the time every time we are here…It’s worth it!
While waiting for our pie to cook and devouring our appetizers we had the good fortune to meet Noah, the “balloon animal dude”. This cat is a “jedi” of balloonology. He gets the kids laughing, the ladies blushing, and the dudes reaching for their wallets. He is absolute proof that if you do almost anything with enough passion and enough excellence it will draw a crowd. It turns out from our conversation that Noah is also a follower of Jesus. I think we need more “balloon Jedis” in the kingdom…If he lived a little closer to York, I would have tried to recruit him.
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
Thinking about heaven…
I’ve been thinking about heaven this morning. Not because Orlando reminds me of heaven…although it is pretty flipping sweet in May. It’s just that for the first time, instead of staying at a hotel, we rented a house for the week from these guys. (vrbo ) We are so stinkin‘ blessed because this place is amazing! It’s 5 minutes from Disney’s main gate and whoever is the owner of this home, seriously thought of everything we could possibly need to enjoy our vacation. Every time I open a drawer or a door, I am a amazed at the things that are here for us to enjoy in this home. (Including Wi-Fi!) It seems like they thought of everything.
I don’t spend a lot of time thinking or teaching about heaven. (Maybe I should?) I don’t think Jesus died on the cross just so I could “go to a better place” when I die. I think salvation is an amazing opportunity for us to be part of God’s kingdom plan here on earth (link) with the awesome by-product of spending eternity with Jesus…starting now! No matter how much I think teaching about the “sweet by and by” may be overdone in our culture…Heaven is going to be beyond words. I can’t help imagining Jesus himself, who created me and knows me better than anyone, preparing a place that is truly perfect! I don’t think there will be enough time in a timeless eternity to open every “drawer and door” to find what our creator has prepared for us to enjoy! Can you imagine?
Even better, there is no security deposit and check out isn’t at 11am…
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. John 14:3